Clinton Agrees With Obama: It Is Not About Gender

Say what you will, give the Clinton campaign professionalism props. After a few days of her campaign, imo, insinuating that gender DID have something to do with the criticisms levelled at her, she now turns a nice phrase denying that:

Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that her status as the Democratic presidential front-runner _ not her gender _ has led her male primary rivals to intensify their criticism of her.
"I don't think they're piling on because I'm a woman. I think they're piling on because I'm winning," Clinton told reporters after filing paperwork to appear on the New Hampshire primary ballot.

So Obama, erm, piles on today on this, a mistake imo, and walks into this one. This line also is a winner for Clinton:

"I anticipate it's going to get even hotter, and if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. I'm very much at home in the kitchen," she said.

London included an opinion piece, written by a woman, who opinedd men have had to adapt more than women in this post-feminism age. I'm afraid men "of a certain age" will think angrily about the good ole days when the little woman stayed home, did the laundry, raised the kids, and cooked dinner every night. Now look whats happened!

she enjoys the heat is what confounds her detractors. Women are supposed to go away while crying inconsolably. The irony is that the republics' unrelenting attack on her for years has immunized her, even to her colleagues' attacks. Happy days are here again.

however, if that is going to be the standard, she will have every right to demand all live up to it and not just the female candidates and she will have a point and will have done us all a great service to boot.

I could think of was this truism: nothin says lovin like somethin in the oven.

Watched C Span 2 as HC was campaigning in a faux-barn in NH. Lots of women clapping. Lots of men sitting next to those clapping women. The men looked like they had been dragged to this event against their wills.

More double speak. It looks to me more like she is backing off the woman thing, because its not working. I guess if your last blog post was about how playing the gender card was such a great idea, you have no choice but to call this "professional" though. The kitchen line is great but nonetheless I still don't see this as a positive turn for her.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- John McCain, a Vietnam war prisoner, argued Friday that his top rivals for the GOP nomination aren't qualified to deal with issues like torture - or to be president in wartime - because they never served in the military.

Giuliani's spokeswoman, Maria Comella, said her boss has clearly stated that "if we're going to defeat the terrorists then we must use aggressive questioning. And in those extraordinary circumstances, the president needs all options available to ensure the safety and security of Americans."

Romney's spokesman, Kevin Madden, said the ex-governor is focused on the future and has the vision and experience to be president. Madden added: "We will leave it to other campaigns to make the mistake of merely assigning blame about the past."

Said Thompson spokeswoman, Karen Hanretty: "We all respect Senator McCain's military service, however, there are many great Americans who have served this country and not worn its uniform."

None of the three enlisted. Draft deferments kept Giuliani out of Vietnam while he attended law school and worked for a federal judge; he had twice been eligible for the draft. Romney received a draft deferment while serving as a missionary in France during the war. He was eligible for the draft later, but was not selected. Thompson, with a wife and child, was deferred from service.

a "soft" version of the PNAC paradigm staus quo; nevr mentioning the neocons or any of their names, never intimating that the threats endured by Israel might have anything to do with the West Bank, Gaza, and Jerusalem; certainly never talking about the PNAC document itself and what it proposes.

And any suggestion that candidates principals, (assuming they have any),might be disasterously compromised in a mileau dominated by lobbyists and their make-or-break patronage will be blithely dispensed with with D.C cocktail party grins and guffaws-for-the-canera.

And then there's that nutty, UFO watching (aint he nutty?), Kucinich. Takes all kinds.

I agree the MSM is hollow shell on a leash held by corporate masters (Telecos slamming Dodd via MTP tool), and have damaged out country by not bring PNAC to the surface, but on your other point, eveyone except Clinton and Obama voted against K-L.

are better when it doesn't take your staff several days to prepare them for you. It sort of reminds me of George Costanza having the comeback occur to him after the moment has passed. It's a far bettwer approach even belatedly than the pathetic the mean boys need to stop picking on the girl blather that was her staff's reflexive reaction.

It is a good line and I think it is a riff on the arrogant sounding 92 "I won't be baking cookies" gaffe-- so it applies now and makes light of past awkwardness. In that light, it is remarkably self deprecating coming from someone who appears to take herself very seriously and is not exactly renowned for being witty or humorous about anything.

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is launching a new line of attack on Sen. Hillary Clinton, accusing the Democratic presidential frontrunner of mimicking Obama's votes.
For the first time, Obama aides have publicly charged that Clinton waits for Obama to weigh in on controversial issues before taking the same stand, often to avoid creating disagreements that could be used as campaign ammunition.

Yet another flip-flop generated by the polling/pandering machine. What she says is generated by which way the wind blows. Unfortunately, as president she will do the same thing until 2012, at least. That's the same disease that led Nixon's people to order the stupid Watergate breakin when they were way ahead anyway.